She's on the West Coast, so is part of the Pacific Rim, also known as the "Ring of Fire" - remember Mt. St. Helen's eruption? So she is more likely to get earthquakes of consequence than we are in New England - we get teeny ones, of little consequence.
A friend recently posted a link to here: http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
Which has a live map on Siesmic activity on the globe
And you can se the yellow circle near Slick, whereas we get pretty much nothing!
If you click the link, it is a live map, and you can click to see a bigger version, or to zoom in closer!
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